Although it's less sudden than being ground up on the beach, in a way it's similar.
According to Watt, the change may have been less sudden and definite than the story suggests – the related Quranic verses appear to have been revealed at different times – and correlates with changes in Muhammad's political support base, symbolizing his turning away from Jews and adopting a more Arabian outlook.
For all the countries of Europe, in short, enlargement is proving to be less a sudden shock than a long and salutary squeeze that should help to force them to become more competitive.
But in recent years, researchers have found evidence that babies who use pacifiers when they sleep may be less susceptible to sudden infant death syndrome.
Our model of BCM calculation appears to be less driven by sudden massive fluid shifts than FMM, suggesting that BCM calculation at bedside may represent a useful tool for the nutritional assessment of ICU patients when severe hydration disturbances are present.
Home monitors for infants may be less useful in preventing sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, than doctors had thought, articles in The Journal of the American Medical Association say.
The presence of three distinct phenotypic responses among samples in our assays suggests that some individuals may be less set to cope with sudden cold temperature events than others.
More generally, understanding the progression of different states in the defense cascade will enable the therapist to make predictions (both in general and, in time, for each individual patient) and to help patients understand, and be less frightened and surprised by, the sudden shifts from one body state to another.
While Wendi Murdoch's right hand has thrust her into a new spotlight in the West, the effect in China has been less about sudden celebrity than about an image makeover.
But I didn't say, "Aha!" The production, titled "Ahhh... Ha!," is less about sudden, startling feats than about episodes of fluid, mesmerizing grace (call them Ahhh moments), interspersed with quirky, creative physical comedy (the Ha! moments).
